On the Paul Dano thing. Just watched [iRuby Sparks[/i and wasn't expecting much from it after solid but unspectacular reviews. Really enjoyed it though. There's been a few romantic films this year that have surprised me. Nothing too amazing although I did really like [iLike Crazy[/i and [iCeleste And Jesse Forever[/i as well. The latter isn't that funny yet it does manage to avoid cliche and delivers a relatively mature piece.

I'm choosing to ignore the reviews on this one too and will be off to see it at the cinema - I'm developing a bit of a man-crush on Ryan Gosling, having very much enjoyed just about all his work; aside from the aforementioned Lars and the Real Girl, he was also terrific in the Ides of March and ice cool in Drive. I believe they call it a 'bromance,' or stalking - not sure which applies.

The blu ray is doing very well apparently. Got mine this week did you get yours? I see the movie props from Dredd are up for auction now.

Oh. yeah there is talk of a tv show too

Couldn't find it in HMV today... I'm going to blindly just assume that's a good thing!

As a long-time 2000AD fan, I loved Dredd; it did much to expunge the horror show that was the crappy Stallone vehicle.



Shame it came out around the same time as The Raid - a low budget, Indonesian martial arts movie, that had virtually the same plot and turned out to be a cracker; maybe stole some of the limelight?



Dredd 2 looks set to take place in Cursed Earth and feature Judge Death - hopefully it will continue to be faithful to the comics.

Not particularly a fan of Quentin Tarantino's movies but I did enjoy Django Unchained . I found the scene of the pre KKK riders complaining about their eye holes quite funny , Python esq even . Christoph Waltz again plays a very good part as I enjoyed his part in Basterds.

Amazon for me.

Watched Dredd last night. While I certainly enjoyed it, it wasn't very...Dredd? If that makes sense? Just came across as a high-tech cop adventure to me, with familiar uniforms. Good, but lacked something.



Mega City One was too low-rise and not intense enough and we learnt almost nothing about Dredd or the Judges, or about anything really. Everything just happened before you knew it, with little background or character development.



Also, watched The Raid recently and had to chuckle at some of the similarities.

Disagree. In my mind I had a different vission of Mega City One but I liked the grime and realism of the film's Mega City One. It put a different, dirty tint to it which isn't obvious from the comic's colourfulness.







We did. We learned that Judge Anderson doesn't need to read Judge Dredd's mind because he is so consumed by his role. That was in there if you were looking. I didn't particularly want to watch an origin story about the history of Judges etc. Just get in there straight away like they did with [iDirty Harry[/i. Who needs all that milieu flannel? We're grown adults aren't we? We don't need a documentary of Mega City One because it's pretty obvious from the film what state society is in by that time. The audience is smarter than Hollywood gives them credit for.

We'll have to disagree. For me, Mega City One should remain faithful to the concept of 2000AD and exactly how millions have pictured it since reading the comics; a chaotic, neon-lit swarm of buildings.





Not this, an extended version of relatively low-level inner city New York with some huge tower blocks inserted for dramatic effect. I do actually like it - urban and grim, realistic - but it's a mile from the Mega City One we grew up with - and not 'Dredd' for me.





Hate to say it, but Stallone's version was more faithful to the concept.







Did I say I wanted an origin story? No. What I'd like though, is to feel something for the protagonists I'm supposed to relate to and feel something for. Whether that;s via a back-story or emotional development or bits of both, I don't care. You, of all people, understand how character development in film works. I understand Dredd is generally portrayed as grim and faceless, but that makes for a pretty uninteresting character and I found it hard to care if anyone lived or died.



As I said, a good film but take away the Judge uniform and it could be any future cop action flick.

Dredd isn't a character though is he? He is the law and a representation of future faciscm not Frodo on a quest of destiny. Whenever you feel something for him its usually our own violent responses to justice being dished out behind the barrel of a gun. Judge Anderson is the heart, soul and character of [iDredd[/i not Dredd himself. Let's face it, he is his job. He is not there as a narrative tool in this story and I didn't think the film needed it which may be down to my own knowledge of Dredd so there was no need for me to find a way into it. I slotted seamlessly into in right from the beginning.

Joseph Dredd has an extensive and interesting back-story going back to before his conception. Despite his outer shell he suffers from internal conflict at times and questions his role as a Judge, even quitting a few times. He is far from just a 'Judge'.



There's probably a whole generation who know very little of any of this, and probably just saw a shoot-'em-up.



Disagree about Anderson, she was a complimentary support character who only developed later. Dredd was the main protagonist of the comics.



And I even thought the choice of 'baddies' was poor. Spoiler: =#FFFFFFJust a drugs gang led by a scarred ex-hooker? When Dredd's enemies have included undead Judges, mutants, robots, entire armies and various terror weapons, it all felt a bit lame. I suppose it leads nicely towards the next film but left me unsatisfied.